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www.negociosnow.com 18 Junio 2016 HEALTH CARE DR. JUAN ALZATE, Neurosurgeon Entity: The American Center for Spine and Neurosurgery Website: www. acsneuro.com Profile:Dr.Alzate is a board-certified neurosurgeon. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored many book chapters and spoken at numerous conferences in the U.S. and his native Colombia. Dr. Alzate's special interests include minimally invasive spine surgery, complex and minimally invasive endoscopic cranial base surgery, and chiari malformations. Affiliations: Member of the North American Spine Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons; research scholar at the Free University in Berlin and at George Washington University. DR. JOSE-DANIEL BENATAR, Cardiologist Entity: Mt. Sinai Hospital Website: www. sinai.org Profile: Daniel Benatar completed medical school and practiced rural medicine for two years in his native Venezuela before relocating to Chicago in 1966, where he conducted research on congestive heart failure through Northwestern Memorial Hospital and then completed a fellowship in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Today Dr. Benatar is an assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and the director of non-invasive cardiology. He is interested in access to healthcare for Latinos and teaching Latinos about heart healthy habits including diet, exercise and lifestyle. Dr. Benatar currently provides services in several of Chicago's Hispanic neighborhoods, including La Villita. DR.JOSÉ BILLER, Neurologist, Chair of the Department of Neurology Entity: Loyola University Medical Center Website: www. LoyolaMedicine. org Profile: Dr. Biller is an internationally known expert in stroke and other neurological disorders. He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles, edited two dozen books, written more than 125 book chapters and given more than 570 lectures worldwide. His specialties include stroke, general neurology, aneurysms, brain hemorrhage, and vascular neurology. Affiliations: Spokesman, American Stroke Association; honorary fellow, Mexican Academy of Neurology; fellow, American Academy of Neurology, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, and the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association; editor, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases; chief editor, Frontiers in Neurology; editorial board member and reviewer for national and international publications. DR. JUAN CARLOS CAICEDO, MD, Director of the Hispanic Transplant Program Entity: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Website: transplant.nm.org/hispanic- transplant-program Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo is a solid organ transplant surgeon, director of the Hispanic Transplant Program and an assistant professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Caicedo developed the Hispanic Kidney and Liver Clinic to focus on providing patient and professional education regarding Northwestern Memorial Hospital's solid organ transplants to Spanish-speaking patients. Affiliations: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, International Pediatric Transplant Association, a founding member of the Colombian Transplant Society, Colombia Surgical Society, as well as the Bogotá Transplant Network. JOSÉ R. SÁNCHEZ, President and CEO Entity: Norwegian American Hospital Website: www. nahospital.org Profile: Mr. Sánchez, a licensed social worker, is committed to pursuing collaborative and innovative solutions to combat the healthcare challenges and improve the quality of services provided to more than 112,000 Norwegian American Hospital patients each year. Before joining Norwegian, Mr. Sánchez was the senior vice president of a large healthcare network in New York City. Affiliations: Appointee, State Health Improvement Plan Implementation Coordination Council and the Budgeting for Results Commission; board member, Illinois Hospital Association, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, City Club of Chicago and Boricua College in New York; chairman, East Harlem Business Capital Corporation Board of Directors; architect of the Urban Health Conference. DR.DIEGO DI SABATO, Organ transplant surgeon Entity: Loyola University Medical Center Website: www. LoyolaMedicine. org Profile: Dr. di Sabato has specialized in general and vascular surgery for more than 15 years, focusing on liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation surgeries with a special interest in living donor liver transplantation. Dr. di Sabato worked at Northwestern Hospital and now is affiliated with Loyola. He also serves as a frequent guest on Chicago affiliates of Univisión and Telemundo. Dr. di Sabato went to medical school in Buenos Aires, where he served his residency, and he went on to accept two fellowships at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Affiliations: Dr. di Sabato serves on the board of Gift of Hope. DR. CARLOS FARIAS, M.D., Chief Surgeon and Co-Founder Entity: InsideLook MD of Chicago Website: www. InsideLookMD. com Profile: Dr. Carlos Farias has practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery for 15 years. He is chief surgeon of InsideLook MD of Chicago and one of the pioneers of a minimally invasive facial rejuvenation procedure. Before founding InsideLook MD of Chicago, Dr. Farias served as a medical director for a national chain of facial rejuvenation centers, overseeing and training the operations of fellow surgeons. He earned his medical degree at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery residencies at the University of Missouri's Columbia School of Medicine, where he did a microvascular surgery fellowship. DR. AIDA GAICHELLO, PhD, Research Professor in Preventive Medicine Entity: Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine Website: www.nm.org Profile: Dr. Aida Giachello has spent 30 years teaching and researching health disparities in the Latino community. She is the co-principal investigator of the Chicago Field Center of the Hispanic Community Health Study. In 1993, she founded the Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center, an international model for engaging community leaders in developing community curricula and toolkits to train professionals and community health workers. Affiliations: U.S. Surgeon General's Latino National Executive Committee, USDHHS Secretary's National Bone Marrow Transplant committee, Latino Diabetes Action Council, National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Minority Health Committee. DR. PABLO V. GEJMAN, MD, Director Entity: Center for Psychiatric Genetics, Northshore University Healthsystem Website: www. northshore.org A native of Argentina, Pablo V. Gejman is Northshore University HealthSystem's Dr. Louis W. Sauer Chair of Research and director of the Center for Psychiatric Genetics as well as a professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He received an MD from the University of Buenos Aires, trained in psychiatry at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. He has spent more than two decades working in clinical and molecular aspects of psychiatric genetics and has directed some of the largest genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of schizophrenia. He is now performing functional follow-up experiments designed to understand the biological mechanisms underlying GWAS associations. DR. CAMILO R. GOMEZ, Neurologist Entity: Loyola University Medical Center Website: www. LoyolaMedicine. org Profile: Dr. Gomez is a stroke specialist, a pioneer in minimally invasive neurosurgery, and the medical director of neuroendovascular surgery. Dr. Gomez has performed neuroendovascular surgery for 22 years and is among the first neurologists to practice this subspecialty in the United States. Dr. Gomez introduced the hospital term "Code Stroke" for the immediate summoning of specialists to the patient's bedside, and he is credited with coining the nationally used expression "time is brain" to communicate the message to call 911 immediately in case of a stroke. Dr. Gomez serves as vice chair of Loyola's department of neurology. MARCO E. JACOME, MA, LPC, CSADC, CEAP, Chief Executive Officer Entity: Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. Website: www. Hascares.org Profile: Marco E. Jacome has spent more than 30 years in the field of social services. He holds a master's degree in family therapy and has served as the chief executive officer for Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc., since 1992, providing substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention and treatment services. HAS has been recognized as Illinois' leading and largest Hispanic behavioral health provider. Affiliations: Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Great Lakes Technology Transfer Center's Regional Advisory Board, Hispanic Latino Caucus for the CSAT Target Capacity Expansion, Cultural Competency and Diversity Network, CSAT National Advisory Council. DR. HERON RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Radiology Entity: Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine Website: www.NM.org Profile: Dr. Rodriguez is an award-winning teacher and researcher, an international speaker, and a published author. He serves as co-director of the Program for Limb Preservation at the Northwestern Vein Clinic and he oversees the training of young vascular surgeons as associate program director of vascular surgery. His clinical activities focus on arterial and venous surgery and percutaneous interventions. Affiliations: Dr. Rodriguez is a board member of Altus Academy, a nonprofit middle school serving the Hispanic community in Chicago. DR. TULIO RODRIGUEZ, Medical Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation Entity: Loyola University Medical Center Website: www. LoyolaMedicine. org Profile: As medical director, Dr. Rodriguez oversees a center that has treated more patients with bone marrow transplants than any other center in Illinois and has one of the largest unrelated donor transplant programs in the world. Dr. Rodriguez is also an associate professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology of Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine. He went to medical school at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic, served his residency in Puerto Rico and had two fellowships at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. DR. JORGE F. SAUCEDO, MD, MBA, Co-Director Entity: NorthShore Cardiovascular Institute Website: www. northshore.org/ cardiovascular- institute/ Profile: Jorge F. Saucedo is an accomplished clinical researcher in the areas of myocardial infarction, novel interventional cardiology procedures, and antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles. Dr. Saucedo received his medical doctorate from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and completed his internal medicine and cardiovascular training at Mexico City's National Institute of Nutrition and the National Institute of Cardiology, respectively. Recently named the chair of cardiology, Dr. Saucedo also is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. DR. KATHYA VALDEZ CHARTRE, MD Entity: Healthy Chicago Primary Care and Immediate MD Website: www. healthychicagopc. com Profile: After working with orphans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during a summer service project through the University of Notre Dame, Kathya realized that her true calling was to be a physician. Dr. Valdez attended the University of Illinois, Chicago for medical school, and she completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago and St. Joseph's Hospital. Outside of her practice, Dr. Valdez enjoys training resident doctors and medical students as well as nurse practitioners. Affiliations: Seton Clinic Resident Preceptor, New Physician IAFP Committee Member, Community Health Volunteer, Bear Necessities Marathon team, Gold Humanism Society.

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